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Are friends electric? The benefits and risks of human-robot relationships

Are friends electric? The benefits and risks of human-robot relationships

Social robots that can interact and communicate with people are growing in popularity for use at home and in customer-service, education, and healthcare settings. Although growing evidence suggests that co-operative and emotionally aligned social robots could benefit users across the lifespan, controversy continues about the ethical implications and their potential harms. In this condensed post, Professor Prescott and Professor Robillard highlight the benefits and risks of human-robot relationships.

In Conversation Video: Blended Learning in Universities with MiRoCLOUD

In Conversation Video: Blended Learning in Universities with MiRoCLOUD

With the need for blended learning - the combination of online and on-site learning being at the top of the agenda for education in 2021; this video shares how the University of Sheffield have started to apply the blended learning approach to their courses.

In Conversation Video: MiRo in Education - Schools

In Conversation Video: MiRo in Education - Schools

This week Consequential Robotics Product Director Izzy Barnes spoke to two robotics and coding experts to discuss the challenges that STEM teachers face today and how to engage a more diverse group of students to pursue and enjoy coding.

The winner and finalists that trained MiRo to help people

The winner and finalists that trained MiRo to help people

During the month of September and October, we received coding programs from budding coders from all over the world!

Learn to code MiRo with the new ‘Code with Izzy’ videos!

Learn to code MiRo with the new ‘Code with Izzy’ videos!

Welcome to our new series of videos that will show you how to program your MiRo to perform some pretty cool functions! Our Code with Izzy video series will walk you through programs that we have especially developed using MiRoCLOUD to help you get started and think about the range of possibilities for MiRo.

Introducing the all-new beta version of MiRoCLOUD!

Introducing the all-new beta version of MiRoCLOUD!

Dear MiRo friends,

MiRoCLOUD is our brand-new distance learning platform to teach coding and robotics!

Video with MiRo-E Creators: Creative Coding Using Emotionally Engaging Robots

Video with MiRo-E Creators: Creative Coding Using Emotionally Engaging Robots

MiRo-E robot creators and co-founders Dr Sebastian Conran and Professor Tony Prescott speak to Professor David Lane about using social robots for creative coding. Watch this video to learn more.

Meet the coders that are helping MiRo to become a better robot

Meet the coders that are helping MiRo to become a better robot

We all have an innate desire to help others, be it helping someone cross the road, giving directions or being a shoulder to cry on. How do you like to personally help others? How about throwing a social robot into the mix and training MiRo to help people?

Train MiRo To Help People and WIN a MiRo-E!

Train MiRo To Help People and WIN a MiRo-E!

In partnership with Discovery STEM and Innovation World, we’re excited to be bring you the GIFT Challenge for your chance to WIN a MiRo-E and more!

What is the Unmet Need in Coding and Robotics?

What is the Unmet Need in Coding and Robotics?

Truth is, being a successful inventor, designer, or entrepreneur is about being able to spot the ‘unknown unmet need’. Sebastian Conran, MiRo co-founder shares his thoughts on the umet need in coding and robotics.